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While we’re on the topic of how to say something, or (in my case) how to say something from your hideout in the bathroom, here’s a great post from James over at Finding Optimism on “Ways to Insults Someone with Depression.” Thanks to Larry Parker for mentioning it. Here are James’s favorite ones, but go…

In order to be true to oneself—or (more accurately?) to avoid disaster—sometimes a person has to separate herself from those she loves in order to be able to love them (and herself) even more. I just read about that yesterday in my devotional: Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the…

I didn’t used to have social anxiety or “phobia” back when I was drinking. Mingling came quite naturally during a good vodka buzz. But professional networking in a large room of strangers is very difficult to do stone sober. Even if the cocktail party is sponsored by GM with trays of stuffed mushrooms, bacon rolls,…

I was relieved to know that there are quite a few recovering people-pleasers among our readers here on Beyond Blue. Among the messages posted on my “People-Pleasing: Today Is Not Your Day” post were these gems: I was just thinking earlier today, I wish there were a little handbook on boundaries that I could hand…
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